[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-pov":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-pov-the-villain-s-pov-chapter-426":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","THE VILLAIN'S POV",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},336713,598,"Chapter 426: The Demon Princess (2)","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-426",426,"\u003Cp>\"The seed has fully merged with his body. Now... it’s only a matter of time before the will inside it awakens. All I can do is suppress it for as long as possible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apparently, Sansa had already snuck into where Danzo was resting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using her powers, all she could manage was to keep his human side alive for as long as she could.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when the time came, Danzo was destined to become that monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant, I finally understood where the one-month time limit had come from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sansa looked at me with quiet sadness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Danzo had been a rare kind of friend .. even for her, someone who hadn’t spoken with him much until recently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think you already know... but when the time is up, we’ll have no choice but to—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I cut her off before she could finish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe she went to see him intending to end it, but she just couldn’t bring herself to kill him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, she gave him as much time as possible to live on as the Danzo we all knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, a small spark of hope had appeared .. then died just as quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t know if she sensed my disappointment... or something else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then Sansa stood, pulling me into a tight embrace, burying my face against her chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her grip was too strong for me to break, even if I tried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, I let myself go with the flow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body was incredibly strong... yet impossibly soft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strange contradiction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had deliberately avoided her gaze, yet she kept staring at me even now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, silence fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sansa no longer had a human heart, so the only sound in the room was my own heartbeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few seconds later, she broke the silence again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When I turned into a demon, I think a part of me rejected it. That’s why I tried to kill myself on the battlefield... to end the disgusting thing I’d become.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was recalling the end of our battle against the Ultras.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I remembered how she had fought Beatrice and Gavid Lindman alone, acting like she was having the time of her life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But who would’ve thought those kinds of thoughts were swirling inside her all along?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I knew a demon couldn’t live among humans. Even Oliver gave me that look of pity the moment he saw me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe his mask had hidden his expression, but Sansa could read those feelings through his eyes alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same eyes that now looked at her like she was a monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And yet, you’re the only one who didn’t look at me that way... I want to know why.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why didn’t I treat you like a monster?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I chuckled softly, recalling everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t like I did it on purpose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I could never treat you like that, Sansa. After all... the real monster here is me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she was a demon, then this body of mine was far from human too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With bizarre powers... and the looming presence of some otherworldly being inside me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If anything, I fit the title of ’monster’ better than she did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That alone was why I never changed the way I treated her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because I simply didn’t have the right to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t know how much of that Sansa understood from my thoughts, but she didn’t ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe she was waiting for the day I’d tell her myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So we left it at that embrace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a brief moment, it felt like something else was about to happen .. especially when our eyes met again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But neither of us moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not with everything at stake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I guess she was being considerate, otherwise she would’ve done whatever she pleased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, after a moment of awkward silence, she finally let me go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To break the silence, I spoke up, realizing she’d been here far too long already.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll talk to my sister about it later. You can stay here for now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given that she was probably being hunted by Sir Alon right now, it seemed right to hide her in the Starlight Estate for the time being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you sure about that? You might end up on the receiving end of my grandfather’s wrath if he finds me here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She laughed again, regaining that playful tone of hers, but I wasn’t particularly concerned about Sir Alon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the Demon King himself was already breathing down my neck, what difference would adding one more threat make?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll worry about that when it happens.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see. Then I guess I should thank you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For what? All I’m doing is giving you a room in this house.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment I said that, Sansa narrowed her eyes mischievously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm... a separate room, huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, a separate room,\" I said firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing what she was trying to do, I quickly pulled away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, if I stayed with her in the same room any longer, even I wouldn’t be able to control myself, and things would escalate far beyond a mere embrace...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We both wanted it .. that much was clear. But this wasn’t the right time. Not with everything I was dealing with right now. I couldn’t afford to think about Sansa properly. Not yet, at least.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until then... it was better to draw the line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a wide grin, she stood up, the darkness thickening around her until it swallowed her whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But remember, Frey .. walls don’t mean much to me ~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just like that, she vanished completely into the shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Placing a hand over my face, I sighed quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She really picked up an annoying ability...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lying back on my bed, far too large for one person, I realized just how late it had gotten after spending so many hours with the demon princess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I closed my eyes, trying to fall asleep, knowing full well how much awaited me in the days to come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, for the first time in a while, I managed to fall into a deep sleep .. something that had eluded me recently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her presence, oddly enough, had been comforting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, another long day came to an end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Final Deadline: 27 Days Left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The days passed quickly after that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I kept visiting Danzo whenever I had the chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no matter how many times I looked at him...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was no longer the same person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energetic, explosive man I knew had turned into a quiet, frail figure .. confined to his bed, drained of his strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As painful as it was for Danzo himself, it was equally painful for me to witness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, I tried my best to hide those feelings from him, while preparing myself for the final plan my mind could come up with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I waited until my body fully recovered, and in the blink of an eye, another five days flew by.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now that I was back at my peak, it was time to take the next step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fully equipped and armed with a dimensional ring packed with everything I could carry, I stood alone atop the eastern peaks of the Oaklas Mountains, overlooking the Nightmare Lands ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After exhausting every option I had on this planet, I came to a bitter realization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The answer I sought didn’t exist among humans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To save Danzo, I needed a power far beyond anything found here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A power that existed on another world entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring at the system interface, I confirmed what I was about to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You won’t tell me how to save Danzo... but you will show me the way to leave this planet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spending all my achievement points, I steeled myself for a journey into the unknown, a quest that might lead me to Danzo’s salvation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time moved much slower here on Earth than on other planets .. that was something I’d already learned during our trip to Londor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I wasn’t too worried about the countdown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had found a way to bend the system’s rules to my favor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, I ventured alone into the Nightmare Forests, heading toward the Shadow Sect .. the starting point of my journey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever answer I was searching for...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was certain I would find it there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with all my heart, I prayed that the future waiting for me... would be just a little less dark than the one fate had written in stone.\u003C\u002Fp>",1407,"2026-05-30T03:41:22.346Z","2026-06-01T04:30:12.387Z",1,"novelbin.me","6d70190daed04a65f1ceb01049d81fa152eb9fe3257f6e8063f2569b12dcf29a","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-427","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-425",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-pov-cover.jpg"]